My husband and I are starting a new 5 gallon tank for seahorses. I have been reading loads of articles and have some questions before we begin, since a lot of these articles seem to contradict each other. First, the initial setup, we want to use live rock, but a lot of articles have said not too, and not to add corals/grass/macro algae( even seahorse safe corals/grass/macro algae) due too hydroids. I really want the tank to be as natural as possible, but I don't want to potentially harm the seahorses either! We currently have a 30gal reef tank and I have never seen any in it. Next is feeding, live vs frozen. I like the idea of a feeding station but was not sure how dwarf seahorses would take to it.

Im posting here because im in the same position you are. My thread is posted on here too about seahorses and someone left some good information. Its titled seahorses. I can't imagine having a tank without the live rock and sand. I use that along with my cleanup crew to keep my tank spotless...

In my 20 gallon reef tank I have about 8-10 hermit crabs. A sand sifting star fish and multiple of those tint starfish... they help to get an of the food that my clowns don't get. I tried a snail once but I was in a rush and didn't acclimate him properly. I read that a snail in a seahorse tank is great because it can't out compete them for food and will clean anything that falls to the bottom. Hope you find the posts helpful (although a little discouraging). I still am gonna give it a go and challenge myself with the dwarf seahorses. But like you just want to know everything before I start.